Synapsis E-zine's

Now that I'm leaving
by Kike Benlloch Castinheira / March'99

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(Should I die tomorrow

will you bear in mind these words

a dead man needn't lie anymore)

Now that I've left please let me speak

of all I have felt and all I have known

those whom I loved, I loved sincerely

and those that I despised, just let them be

thankyou, mother, father, brothers

and sisters my loved ones

for all I've been to you in this life

is everything that I’ll ever be

now that I have gone away

let this be my farewell

wrong-headed taken steps

and suffered betrayals

unpaid debts, a few lost bets

now that I'm dead

now that I'm leaving

now that I'm gone

now that I'm living

thankyou my cousins and thankyou my friends

for all the tears we cried in order to make amends

and all the times and miseries we stood together

in the long run, there’s nothing I’d’ve rather

done otherwise because every damn mistake,

every single time we put our trust at stake

all the laughs over pains

is all that remains

now that I'm dead

now that I'm leaving

now that I'm gone

now that I'm living

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